The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 569 BID: $OPDX.569 July 8, 2002 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
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VA3RJ & ICPO, VA7DP and ZS5BBO for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 30/June, through
Sunday, 7/July there were 220 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU,
CX, CY0, CY9, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES,
ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FR/t, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM,
HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K,
KG4, KH0, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE,
OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ,
S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG,
TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V4, V5, V7, V8,
VE, VK, VK9C, VK9M, VK9N, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3Z0, POLAND (Special Event). Look special
event stations 3Z0AJC, 3Z0AWQ, 3Z0JLP, 3Z0ZKX and 3Z0ZAG to be
active to celebrate 25 years of the town of Zagorz, Poland.
Activity will last until the end of July 2002. QSL via the SP8
home callsigns (except for 3Z0ZAG), or SP8AJC.
7O1YGF UPDATE. Hans, DK9KX, informed the DX
Community that Dominik, DL5EBE, handed over documents regarding
the 7O1YGF operation to Wayne Mills, N7NG, at the Ham Radio Fair
in Friedrichshafen last weekend. Now it's up to the ARRL to make
a decision. The sad new is that Bernd Krueger, DJ7MG, one of the
crew passed away in April 2002.
AL8, ALASKA. Ron, WA6FGV, is currently active
from here as AL8/WA6FGV. His stay is unsure, but he has been
active on 40/20/17 meters CW. Watch after 1300z on 40 meters,
after 0500z on 20 meters and after 2330z on 17 meters. Also,
check phone on 14205 at about 0300z. He says he has a very high
noise level, but he wants to pass out the AL8 prefix as much as
he can.
CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Hisato, 7K1WLE, will be
active from here (IOTA SA-001) for his summer vacation between
July 18-24th as CE0Y/7K1WLE. Some may remember Hisato as
VY0/7K1WLE last October. Activity will be on 160-10 meters,
mainly on CW and some SSB. He will be using a IC-706+IC-2KL(500W)
with a wire antenna. Suggested operating frequencies are:
He may briefly be active from Papeete, French Polynesia (FO)
for one day before and after his stay at Easter Island. QSL via
JN1HOW: Toshihiko Niwa, 1081-8 Sakae, Kitakawabe, 349-1213 JAPAN.
CORRECTION (OOOPPPS Department). In OPDX.568
under "IOTA NEWS", the IOTA number EU-114 was incorrect
for Dany's, F5CW, operation from Guadeloupe. It should be NA-114,
not EU-114.
CY9, ST.PAUL ISLAND. The operators from the
CY9DH operation are now QRT. Last report, they made 12,180
contacts on HF as of 0000z July 7th. No report is available on
VHF contacts. QSL the operation via W7XU. Duane, WV2B, reports
that he took pictures before he left the isalnd on July 2nd. They
can be seen at: http://www.geocities.com/stpaulisland/CY9DH.html.
DAYTON 2002 GALLERY IS UP! Tom Roscoe, K8CX,
has posted the Dayton 2002 Gallery now up on the Web at: http://hamgallery.com/dayton2002/.
The Gallery has 154 photos this year. Tom took 97 photos and the
rest came from W4MYA, XE1L, VP5JM, N1DG, K8AV, and K8KHZ. There
are still some unidentified people in these photos. If you know
who these unknown hams are, please let him know. There is photo
coverage of the Contesters Banquet, Top Band Dinner, DX Dinner,
and Crowne Plaza Hospitality Suites. Tom is interested in putting
up a WRTC 2002 Gallery. Unfortunately, he will not be able to
attend. If you go, take some pics and send them to him for the
Gallery. You can E-mail them to: k8cx@hamgallery.com. Or
burn the pics on a disk and mail it to: Tom Roscoe, K8CX, 857 N.
Albright McKay Rd., Brookfield, Ohio 44403.
EA9, MELILLA (Update). Juan, EA7VK, updates
OPDX that the URE group going to Alboran Island (IOTA AF-042),
July 19-23rd, is near North Africa. They will be operating on
80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 and possibly on 160 meters (He says,
"This time no good for top band."). There will also be
activity on 6m, 2m and 70cm on SSB and CW. If it is possible,
there could be operations on RTTY. The transmissions on 50Mhz
from the Grid Square IM85LW is new! They expect to put three
stantions on IOTA frequencies: one SSB on the HF bands, one CW on
the HF bands and one SSB alternating CW for 6/2m and 70cm. Maybe
a fourth station will be added for the HF bands. QSL via EA7RU.
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION (Available and
Needed). Bill, NG3K, has once again set up a URL address
to list the HQ Stations planning to be active in the IARU HF
World Championship 2002: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iaru2002.html.
If you have information relating to a HQ (or IARU Administrative
Council or IARU regional Executive) station that's planning to be
active and would like to have it listed here, please send it to: Bill@ng3k.com.
INTERTESTING OPERATION OF THE WEEK. Look for
the "Naturist Amateur Radio Club's" station, NU5DE, to
be active from 0000z, July 8th through 2400z, July 14th, from
Austin, TX. Activity will take place during the 27th Annual North
American Nude Awareness Celebration. Suggested frequencies are:
7265, 14265, 21365 and 28465. QSL via: Naturist Amateur Radio
Club, P.O. Box 200812, Austin, TX 78720-0812.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-032. JF6WTY who lives in
Tanega-Shima, Osumi Islands, will be active in the IOTA
Contest. Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via
the bureau or direct.
AS-066. There will be a DXpedition to
Ricorda Island between July 20-30th. The callsign to be
used will be RI0L. Operators will be: RV3ACA, RZ4HF,
RA3CW, RW0LZ, RU0LL, UA0LST, RA4HTX and RW0LV. This
activity will be a new one for the RCC award. QSL info
for Russia is via RU0LL and the rest of the world via
IK2DUW. Check out the Web page at: http://ri0l.nauss.ru.
AS-079. Taka, JR3TVH/6, was expected to
be active from Miyako Island now through July 8th. Look
for activity on 6, 10, 12, 17, and 20 meters SSB and CW
other modes. QSL via home or JARL QSL bureau (better).
Taka informed OPDX that he is operating between two
typhoons. One typhoon left before he arrived and another
one is on its way.
AS-155. Taka, JR7TEQ, plans to activate
Kueishan, one of the Taiwan Coastal Islands, under the
special callsign BV9K before and during the IOTA Contest
July 26-29th. QSL via JR7TEQ.
EU-020. Martin, SM0DTK, will be active
on HF from the most southern tip of Gotland Island
(Hamra) between July 12 and August 4th. Most of his
activity will be every morning (local time) between
0400-0600z. Any sked can be sent to: sm0dtk@passagen.se.
Gotland Island is located in the Baltic Sea between the
two countries of Latvia and Sweden.
EU-031. Look for Bruno, IC8JAH, to be
active from Capri Island during the IOTA Contest. This
will be SSB activity only. QSL via the address on
qrz.com.
EU-049. David, G4DHF, will active from
Samos Island for the IOTA Contest from July 26th through
August 7th, signing SV8/G4DHF. He is expected to be
active on all HF bands and VHF, both CW/SSB. He will be
entering the conetst as 12hr/Single Operator Section. All
QSLs go via his home address/callsign.
EU-084. Operators SM5NGK, SM5WAF and
DF6JC will activate the Island of Yxlan during the IOTA
Contest as 8S5T/0.
EU-146. Operators HA1AG, ON1AFN, ON4IA,
ON5UM, ON5GS, ON6LK, ON6CC, ON6NL and PA7BT will activate
Goerree Overflakkee as PI4HQ during the IOTA Contest.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via the
VERON QSL Bureau.
EU-146. Operators Jan/PA5RA and
Frans/PA5CA will be activating Goerree Overflakkee in the
upcoming IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). They will use the
callsign PA5RA/P, working 80-10 meters SSB. QSL via
PA5RA.
EU-153. Alex, RX3AJL, is expected to be
active between July 7-20th and will try to activate
Zhizhgin Island (RR-0223) and Kij Island (RR-0222), and
possibly some other in the White Sea West Group. During
his return home, he will probably manage to visit some
islands in the Karelia Region, such as Myagostrov Island
(RR-0201) and some others.
EU-107. Contest team OL5T (Operators
OK1QM, OK1TC, OK1DUO, OK1DXF, OK1FLM, OK1PAT, OK1TNM,
OK1UCI, OK1VEY with guests OK1DJG and OK1FUA) will
participate in the IOTA Contest as 9A0A from Zdrelac on
Pasman Island. QSL via OK1FLM. Before the contest they
will be active as 9A/homecall.
NA-026 & NA-141.
Phil, PT2PS, will be active during the month of July from
Long Island, NY (W2 - NA-026), and Key Biscayne, FL (W4
NA-141). He will operate on 40m SSB/CW, 15m CW and 10m
SSB/CW with 50w. He doesn't know the days, because he's
waiting for a new radio. Antennas and coax have been
provided.
NA-051. Elsie/N7YX and Hillar/N6HR will
operate as /VE7 from Queen Charlotte Islands preceeding
and during the IOTA contest. QSL via N6HR.
NA-067. Carl/KO4PY and Nathan/N4YDU plan
to activate Core Banks under the special event callsign
N4C before and during the IOTA Contest, July 26-28th, on
CW and SSB. This operation is scheduled to begin sometime
around 2000z, July 26th, with activity on 80-10 meters
(this may include the WARC bands) on CW/SSB. During the
contest, both CW and SSB will be used. The station will
be packed up Sunday at the conclusion of the contest. QSL
N4C via KO4PY (CBA or bureau). As in past years, they
will reply to all direct QSLs (SASE), and they will QSL
all the rest (DX) via the bureau on or about November 1,
2002. Their previous operations from NA-067 for the last
4 years included KO4PY/p (Pea Island and Hatteras
Island), N4H (Hatteras Island) and W1F (Roanoke Island).
They plan to be on the air for 24 hours in the contest
this year (last year they were on for only 12 hours as
W1F).
NA-076. Julio/W4HY, John/KB4CRT,
Warren/W1GUD and Jack/K4WSB will operate from Cedar Keys
during the upcoming IOTA Contest. They will be using the
callsign W4HY. They plan on activating the station
sometime on Friday afternoon for a tune up and then
during the contest. It will be a low power (100 watt)
effort. They will be using a beam for 10/15/20 meters and
a wire for 80/40 meters.
NA-141. Joe, W4SAA, is expected to
activate the Virginia Key during the IOTA Contest as a
Single Op/All Band/24 CW entry. QSL to the bureau or PO
Box 610895, North Miami, FL 33261-0895 USA.
J4, DODESCANESE. Miro/OM5RW and Rudi/OM3PC
will be active July 22-28th from Rhodos Island (Rhodes - IOTA
EU-001) as J49RW and J45PC, respectively. They will be active in
the IOTA Contest with the callsign J45RW and outside of the
contest as J45PC. QSL to their home callsign.
JX, JAN MAYEN. Ove, LA2IJ (also JW2IJ, JX2IJ,
TF/LA2IJ, OY/LA2IJ) will be active as JX2IJ from July 25th to
August 1st. Activity will be mainly on RTTY but also some SSB. He
will be active when not busy with work. Suggested RTTY
frequencies are: 14083, 21083 and 28083. QSL via his home
callsign LA2IJ direct or via bureau. ADDED NOTE: Please observe
that 1 USD is not sufficient for return postage to either Europe
or the rest of the world. 1 IRC is OK for all parts of the world
for up to 20 gram envelopes. More than 50 percent of direct QSLs
for the April 2002 JX2IJ activity were received with insufficient
return postage.
LX, LUXEMBOURG (SPECIAL EVENT). Look for
activity from the special event callsign LX8LGS (Luxembourg
Guides and Scouts) between July 17-27th. Their activity will be
on 160-2 meters on SSB, CW, RTTY and SSTV. The station will be
active during the "National Scout Camp" (11 to 14 years
old) in the northern part of Luxembourg. For more details look at
qrz.com. QSL is OK via LX2AJ.
MOUNTAIN POLAR DXPEDITION. Members of Russian
Robinson Club plan to be active as R3RRC/1 from August 9-23rd
from Khibiny Mountains in the Kola Peninsula (RM-0101 for Russian
Mountain Award). The activity will be on the HF and VHF bands.
For more information regarding Russian Mountain Award, see the
Web page at: http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/AWARDS/rma.htm.
(However, it is in Russian)
P5/4L4FN, NORTH KOREA (Upate). Bruce, KK5DO,
informs OPDX that several weeks ago he sent a bunch of equipment
over to Ed, P5/4L4FN. He was in Beijing during the end June and
has collected everything. He is now back in North Korea. Among
the things sent to him was a complete satellite station for AO-40
(less the radio which he has), a Hex Beam and rotor as well as an
addition to his Butternut antenna for 6m/12m/17m. In the next few
weeks he will assemble these items and make them operational. Ed
will start making some satellite contacts on AO-40, phone only.
The Hex Beam should allow him to have a better signal than he has
now, and give him the ability to point at the signals he wants to
hear. The upgrade on the Butternut will allow him to continue to
make 6m contacts and possibly work some further away stations
than he already has. Also included in the package was a copy of
QST that had an article about him by Bernie, W3UR, and the plaque
that was given to him in absence at Dayton, as well as some of
his QSL cards (Bruce thought it would be nice for him to see how
they look in print).
PIRATES REPORTED...
Roger, WA0ETE, QSL Manager for V31KQ
reports receiving numerous QSL card requests for
operations outside of their operating dates of April 23rd
to May 2nd, 2002. Any operations outside of these dates
are most likely the work of PIRATES, as the callsign
V31KQ has not been reissued. There are no plans for
WA0ETE or K0GHK to return to V31 for the remainder of
2002.
Tom Wood, N4CID, reports that it appears
someone is pirating Julian's callsign, ZD7CW. Judging by
the cards Tom has been receiving, the pirate is using CW
and not very active. He/She was on last November, (2001).
ZD7CW, Julian, is no longer active and has been inactive
for several years.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
The correction QSL info for 4L1RK is not
RW6HS but his home address: Revaz Kvinikadze, Tbilisi,
St. T. Tabidze-41, House-43. Rep. of Georgia.
QSL for W2NNY are via N2JNZ for Grid
FN24. Mail address is: George Osier, 708 East South
Street, Ogdensburg , New York 13669.
Walt, G3NYY, informs OPDX that Krissada,
E21EJC (known as "Kob" for short), is concerned
that his QSL route has been published incorrectly
somewhere. He wants it to be known that he does not,
repeat NOT, have a QSL Manager. The only correct QSL
route for E21EJC is direct to the address on www.qrz.com,
or C.B.A., or via the Thai QSL bureau.
Dennis K7BV, now living in CT since
joining the ARRL HQ staff earlier this year, was visiting
(as this was being written) with Luis CT3EE and other
Maderia Island friends July 3-8th. This is a
mimi-DXpedition stop as he works his way to Helsinki for
the WRTC2002 July 9-16th. (See the Web page at: http://www.wrtc2002.org)
Dennis was expected to be quite active on CW signing
CT3/K7BV on HF bands. QSL via Steve, KU9C.
Jim Henry, GI0DVU, QSL Manager for
GI4GTY which is a club callsign, has recently been
receiving several QSL cards for YO5TP, all of which have
been directed via GI4GTY. These have been for operations
in the March-April 2002 period. Neither GI4GTY nor GI0DVU
act as QSL Manager for YO5TP.
Tim, N6WIN, was active this past week
from Aruba, first as N6WIN/P4 and then P40TC later. QSL
both callsigns via N6WIN, Bureau or direct to: Tim Coker,
1379 San Bernardino Rd Apt M, Upland, CA 91786, USA. By
the way, Tim was operating on a honeymoon trip (WOW!).
Josep/EA3BT and Nuria/EA3WL announced
this past week that a Web page has been set up to list
all direct QSLs that they have received for their Congo
operation (TN3B and TN3W). It is listed in order
alphabetically. And you can check it at: http://www.ea3bt.com/congo/congo-qsl_information.htm.
They will try to update it every weekend with all the QSL
cards received during the week. Also, a picture of their
double sized colored QSL is available on the Web site.
SPECIAL EVENT. Bob, N0UF, Vice President of
the Kansas City DX Club, reports that on Saturday, July 13th,
from sunrise (6:03 AM CDT) to sunset (8:44 PM CST), the Kansas
City DX Club will be participating in the IARU Contest from the
Associated Radio in Overland Park, KS. They will be using the
callsign of Lee Bergren, W0AR, the 41st DXer to be inducted into
CQ's DX Hall of Fame. They will have a CW and a SSB Station
active.
SU60, EGYPT. Said Kamel, SU1SK, announced
that he will activate the first DXpedition from the Egyptian
Western Desert with a special callsign SU60WW. The special
callsign marks the elapse of 60 years over the start of World War
II in the battlefield of Al Alamein, Egypt. Activity will be
between July 6-13th, on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters CW/SSB. He
was heard this past weekend on 15/17 meters. Watch 18123 kHz
after 2130z and 21295 kHz after 1700z. For more details, please
visit the DXpedition homepage at: http://www.qsl.net/su60ww.
THE NETHERLANDS. Alex, PA1AW, informs OPDX
that PA6HQ will represent The Netherlands (IARU Member VERON) in
this year's upcoming IARU Championship Contest. QSLs for PA6HQ go
to PA3CAL. There is also a special PA6HQ award available. For
more details on PA6HQ, check the Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/pa6hq.
WRTC2002 RELEASES OJ CALLSIGNS. The IARU
World HF Championship is right around the corner, within which is
the WRTC2002 run (July 13-14th). The callsigns (from OJ1-OJ8
prefix block) in the WRTC2002 Contest that will be used by 52
teams will be:
You can download an Excel checklist for the contest from: http://www.wrtc2002.org/wrtc/ojcalls.xls.
Also, remember the "WRTC2002 Worked All New OJ
Prefixes" awards and special plaques + their special
"Early Bird" prizes will be available (All E-mailed
logs submitted within 6 hours after the contest ends will
participate in a lottery with special WRTC2002 prizes), read full
details at: http://www.wrtc2002.org/rules_all.htm. Also,
all OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive a last minute reminder
from Martti, OH2BH, as an additional bulletin.
XW, LAOS (Operation Wrap-up!). Champ, E21EIC,
who was active as XW1IC, reports that he made some 5,106 QSOs and
103 countries. Operations were on CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31/SSTV. He
expects to go back to Laos again in November (maybe for the CQWW
CW Contest). His complete E-mail message with more info on his
operation will be sent to all OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an
additional bulletin.
ZB2, GIBRALTAR. Holger, DL7IO, informs OPDX
that it is holiday time and his family (and one other family) are
planning a round trip through Europe. They are expected to travel
around F/EA/CT/ZB2. Holger guesses ZB2 may be interesting to the
community. The two families will have 3 HAM operators,
DL7IQ/Birgit, DJ7TO/Olaf and DL7IO/Holger. They will be
travelling around and will be in Gibraltar between July 9th (late
evening) and 12th (early morning). They plan to be active at all
times. The operators will sign using ZB2/homecall. QSL will be
via their homecall. They prefer bureau cards or better no cards,
and only an E-mail request for bureau cards. Their E-mail
addresses are as follows:
ZS5, SOUTH AFRICA. Gary/ZS5NK and
Edwin/ZS5BBO will once again be in the HF World Championships.
They will be operating with the callsign ZS5NK, last year they
operated as ZS5T. They are asking all stations to point their
antennas to Africa to work them. They really want to put on a big
show this year. They will be using one of the following: TS870,
TS940 or FT1000MP on a stacked array of TH6's (6 over 6). The
linear is a TL922. They will have a 6 element mono on 10m and
various dipoles on 160m, 80m and 40m. Edwin states, "We also
wish all operators the best of luck for the contest and hope the
propagation gods will be on our side!"
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